OK. That is what I am saying: Why did they take it into the bank? Surely, surely, there are bomb 'blankets' and portable bunkers meant to isolate any damage.

My guess is that, as Sinsull said above, that #1: they found the dud first and assumed that this one was one also, and #2: like me, the very idea that a bomb would be set in Woodburn was beyond credible.

But then- why have a bomb expert on staff?

Incidentally, right now in downtown Juneau they are razing a hill to the ground (yep, for a parking garage), using explosives and huge front end loaders.

They use heavy-weighted blankets meant to catch debris and other flying stuff.